Ontario’s family housing crisis is spreading fast, and it’s not just a GTA problem anymore. In this episode of The Missing Middle podcast, Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt delve into a new report that reveals how the shortage of family-friendly homes in the GTA is driving young families east and south, reshaping entire regions from Peterborough to Ottawa.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:55 Understanding ground-oriented ownership homes

04:00 The ripple effect of GTA's housing shortage

06:40 Population growth and its impact on housing

09:00 Drive-until-you-qualify: migration patterns

13:29 Future projections for housing needs

16:08 How eastern Ontario should prepare for population growth

18:30 You can’t expect families to change their preferences

19:58 Would Sabrina ever move east?

Research/links:

Read our report here

https://www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/families-on-the-move-670000-more

Who Really Wins with Return-to-Office Mandates?

https://youtu.be/208zVYQWfh4?si=Gg3hdhPRr_iJItjY

Hosts:

Sabrina Maddeaux https://x.com/SabrinaMaddeaux

Mike Moffatt https://twitter.com/MikePMoffatt https://bsky.app/profile/mikepmoffatt.bsky.social

Producer: Meredith Martin

https://twitter.com/meredithmartin

@meredithmartin.bsky.social

Editor: Sean Foreman

@seanegertonforeman

@seanforeman.bsky.social

Coop Student: Djeima Alicia Ramos

This podcast is funded by the Neptis Foundation https://neptis.org/

Brought to you by the Missing Middle Initiative https://www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/

Hosted by Mike Moffatt & Cara Stern & Sabrina Maddeaux

Produced by Meredith Martin

This podcast is funded by the Neptis Foundation and brought to you by the Smart Prosperity Institute.